The Red Sea Film Fest Roundtable in Saudi Arabia With Spike Lee: “We Are Witnessing a Big Change”

The fourth installment of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia showcased prominent celebrities such as Cynthia Erivo from Wicked, Michelle Yeoh, Jeremy Renner, Michael Douglas, and Benedict Cumberbatch, alongside new films hailing from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Additionally, it featured acclaimed movies of the current year.

Grab Popcorn, Have Sex or Hit the Restroom? ‘The Brutalist’ Stars Offer Creative Suggestions for How to Spend Film’s 15-Minute Intermission

For nearly several decades, American cinema-goers have been deprived of the pleasure of an intermission. However, that is all set to change with Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, as it breaks this long-standing tradition when it premieres in theaters on Dec 20. The film is divided into two chapters, “The Enigma of Arrival” and “The Hard Core of Beauty”, and a 15-minute intermission separates them, extending the movie’s duration to approximately three hours and 35 minutes.

Black List Script ’Paparazzo’ Lands at Passage Pictures

The screenplay titled “Paparazzo,” penned by Christian Nilsson and recognized as one of the year’s top unproduced scripts on the 2024 Black List, has been acquired by Passage Pictures – a production company helmed by Uri Singer, who is also known for producing White Noise.